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Tag archive for ‘Leader of the Nation’

  • Leader of the Nation Law Passed

    As predicted, the Leader of the Nation law entered into force [RUS] quietly this morning. Interestingly, the Kazakhstan Today article as republished on zona.kz spends a lot of time defending the legality of the law, noting that everyone who should have signed it, did in fact sign it. Except the President. The article goes on […]

  • President Can Still Become Leader of the Nation

    According to Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, advisor to the President, The Leader of the Nation Law can still enter into force [RU] despite the fact that the President refused to sign it. According to Yertysbayev, refusing to sign the law is not equivalent to vetoing the law. So the President never vetoed this law. He claims that […]

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    No Elbashi for me. Nazarbayev vetoes Leader of Nation Law. But Parliament can still overturn veto: http://bit.ly/dcUMDR

  • “An individual must never forget those public forces that bestow trust upon him and support him.”

    Interfax has an interview with Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, advisor to the President and former Minister of Information and Culture, where he discusses the “Leader of the Nation” law. In the interview, Yertysbayev claimed that there was nothing unusual about the speed with which the law went through Parliament: Decisions of that kind are usually made very […]

  • Leader of the Nation Law Passes Senate

    The Senate did not debate the amendments to the law that will give Nazarbayev the status of Leader of the Nation. The law now goes on to the President himself who can veto it or sign it into law–or send it to the Constitutional Council to ensure that the law is in accordance with the […]

  • Kazakhbashi Bill Passes Lower House

    The Lower House of Parliament, the Mazhilis has approved two laws that would title Nazarbayev “Leader of the Nation” and give him legal immunity. His property and the property of his family are also deemed inviolable according to KazInform. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty pointed out in an earlier article that Nazarbayev is already free from […]